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美:[ˈkwɑːri]
英:[ˈkwɒri]
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复数:quarries
第三人称单数:quarries
现在分词:quarrying
过去式:quarried
过去分词:quarried
词根:quarry
n.quarrier 凿石匠;采石工人
quarrying 采石
quarryman 凿石匠;采石工
vt.quarrying 采石(quarry的现在分词)
noun (1)
gamespecifically: game hunted with hawks
one that is sought or pursued : prey
obsolete a heap of the game killed in a hunt
noun (2)
an open excavation usually for obtaining building stone, slate, or limestone
a rich source
verb
transitive verb
to dig or take from or as if from a quarry
quarry marble
to make a quarry in
quarry a hill
intransitive verb
to delve in or as if in a quarry
noun (3)
a diamond-shaped pane of glass, stone, or tile
quarry bay鲗鱼涌
limestone quarry石灰石采矿场
早在14世纪, quirre “猎物的内脏被放在兽皮上,作为追猎犬的奖励”,源自盎格鲁-法语 quirreie,古法语 cuiriee “战利品,猎物”(现代法语 curée),经过改变(受到古法语 cuir “皮肤”的影响,源自拉丁语 corium “兽皮”),来自古法语 corée “内脏,肠子”,源自通俗拉丁语 *corata “内脏”,源自拉丁语 cor “心脏”(源自 PIE 词根 *kerd- “心脏”)。
原始含义已经过时。在1610年代,指“在狩猎中被追捕或杀死的猎物”,也指“任何追求的对象”; 更早的意思是“鹰或其他猛禽追捕的鸟类”(15世纪末)。
采石场
采石场
Noun (1) Middle English quirre, querre entrails of game given to the hounds, from Anglo-French cureie, quereie, from quir, cuir skin, hide (on which the entrails were placed), from Latin corium — more at cuirass Noun (2) Middle English quarey, alteration of quarrere, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *quadraria, from Late Latin quadrus hewn (literally, squared) stone, from Latin quadrum square Noun (3) alteration of quarrel >entry 1
The first known use of quarry was in the 14th century
quarteringadjective
coming from a direction behind and to the side (as of a ship)
a quartering wind
quarterdecknoun
the part of the upper deck that is located toward the rear of a ship
quarterbacknoun
an offensive football back who calls the signals and directs the offensive play of the team
quartnoun
a unit of capacity equal to ¼ gallon or ¹⁄₃₂ bushel see measure
a container or measure having a capacity of one quart
quarry1 of 3noun
an animal hunted as game or prey
something sought or chased after
quarry2 of 3noun
an open pit usually for obtaining building stone, slate, or limestone
quarry3 of 3verb
to dig or take from or as if from a quarry
to make a quarry in
1 But we preferred the sea to the quarry, although we never spent more than a few days there at a time.
2 The line was taut as a banjo string, and the merest tug would snap it on and blind the shivering quarry in a blaze of light.
3 Each day Puli accompanied us to the quarry, usually remaining with us while we worked and always returning with us to the temple.
4 For alone, he felt—one on one the way all good hunting should be—his chances of coming upon the quarry would have been infinitely improved.
5 Even the base of the Statue of Liberty was made of granite mined from Cape Ann quarries.
6 After our first roll call, I was assigned to the stone quarry.
7 Frequently it took a whole day of exhausting effort to drag a single boulder to the top of the quarry, and sometimes when it was pushed over the edge it failed to break.
8 And so on, making larger circles on the quarry floor.
9 Michelangelo obtained his marble from a quarry.
米开朗基罗从采石场获得他的大理石.
10 Within a few days, we were walking to the quarry, rather than going by truck, and this too was a tonic.
11 Mesons had been found only in cosmic rays, which made them the natural quarry of high-energy physicists.
12 When our lunch arrived at the quarry and we would sit down to eat — we now had a simple wooden table — Van Rensburg would inevitably choose that moment to urinate next to our food.
13 The guy gave up, returned to killing closer quarry.
14 For a long time the quarry was full of snowdrifts and nothing could be done.
15 The dogs are nosing after their quarry.
那些狗正在搜寻猎物.
16 Lawrence granted him priority access to both the thirty-seven-inch and sixty-inch cyclotrons for a “systematic and energetic campaign” to find long-lived radioactive isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, or oxygen, with carbon-14 the main quarry.
17 After a few weeks of this, I notified the authorities that I was not feeling well and would not be going to the quarry.
18 It took the police several days to track down their quarry.
警方用了几天时间追查到案中目标.
19 All down the way the pursued and the pursuing, the dream and the dreamers, the quarry and the hounds.
20 This mountain used to be the site for a quarry.
这座山上曾经是一个采石场.
3 采掘
4 被追捕的人
6 来源
hand focus source spring seed mint paternity authorship derivation fount wellspring well resource bottom budget whence provenance provenience springhead
7 寻找
recovery quest search seek hunt scout scavenge have a look for nose after seek for hunt after hunt about for hunt for prospect for
13 源泉
fontal well source father spring mine font lamp fountain sluice fount wellspring wellhead fountainhead springhead headspring
15 搜集资料
16 菱形玻璃
17 方镞箭